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Indian leader, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is taking steps in the right direction in terms of women equality in India and he is using selfies to do it. According to Times, Modi is asking that mothers and fathers post selfies with their daughters using the #SelfieWithDaughter in hopes that it will help celebrate women and their worth. The social media tactic is part of Modi's ongoing "Save the Daughter, Educate the Daughter" campaign.

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This year & every year, we support International Women's Day (#IWD2015) because it is a day that brings to light efforts that are striving to promote opportunities for women & gender equality, as well as celebrating women's accomplishments over the past year & acknowledge that there is still work to be done to achieve equal rights for women across the planet.

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When she was 7, she was molested by her school tutor. At 19, she helped a friend escape her abusive husband. After turning 25, she was attacked & beaten by two men on a motorcycle & spent two days in the hospital. These are just some of the several incidences of sexual violence, harassment & gender abuse Meera Vijayann has experienced in her short life thus far.

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Just two years ago, the UN declared October 11 as the International Day of the Girl to raise awareness about all issues concerning gender inequality around the world. It’s a day when activist groups come together under the same goal to highlight, discuss, and take action to advance rights and opportunities for girls everywhere. This year, the theme is "Empowering adolescent girls: Ending the cycle of violence".

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In 2012 Anchal wrote "We Are All Malala" in defense of the young Pakistani activist who was attacked by the Taliban in October 2012.

“Violence against women and girls is a global problem; it harms women, families, communities and societies. We can only stop it by working together. Women and men”, says UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon; and he is not alone in his belief that gender equality can solely be achieved through male and female collaboration.

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October 9, 2013: Today marks one year since Malala Yousafzai—the young Pakistani woman who spoke out against the Taliban in the name of education—was shot in the head by the militant group on her way home from school. Following what could be deemed a miraculous recovery, Malala continues to speak out for her countrywomen of Swat, a region in which only one out of five females receive any type of formal education

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There are 27 million slaves in the world today: That's more than double the number of people taken from Africa during the entire transatlantic slave trade. These are the faces of the modern day slavery, captured by Lisa Kristine.

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Last week on October 9th, when Malala Yousafzai was returning home from school on her school bus in Pakistan, masked gunman boarded the bus, shouted for her to reveal herself, and proceeded to shoot her in the head and neck.

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Half the Sky is a sobering account of the realities that many women in the world face. The filming is gorgeous, the stories moving and the message harrowing yet inspiring. One of the quotes that struck me came from Nicholas Kristof, the brains behind the operation of Half the Sky. He said, “Talent is universal, but opportunity is not.”